Original reading apparatus
US4688930A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 18, 1986 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/04
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An original reading apparatus capable of scanning separately a first area and a second area of an original to be reproduced, includes an original supporting table for supporting thereon an original having the first area and the second area; a scanner for optically scanning the original placed on the original supporting table, wherein the first area and the second area is in series in a direction of a scan of the scanner; driver for driving the scanner selectively in a first mode wherein the scanner first scans the first area of the original and automatically and sequentially scans the second area of the original and in a second mode wherein the scanner first scans the second area of the original and automatically and sequentially scans the first area of the original; and a selector for selecting one from the first mode and the second mode.
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